Preface: essays in honour of Alex Potts -- Introduction: realism then and now / Andrew Hemingway -- The transactions of detail / Briony Fer -- Realism's credibility problem / Joshua Shannon -- ...

Shrubs used to be so easy. In a world of lawns and trees, clipped shrubs provided the middle story. Inspired by the Sissinghursts and Great Dixters of our imaginations, they were clipped into balls ...

is a concise, deep, challenging, and wide-ranging critique of philosophical naturalism. In it, philosopher J.P. Moreland argues that there are several aspects of reality which naturalism is unable to ...

Alarmed by a drumbeat of shrinking bird and butterfly populations, dying pollinators, and invasive pests and plants, gardeners are embracing the idea that their own landscapes can help. The National ...

Having animals walking and talking like people in animation is a fairly common occurrence, but Flow director Gints Zilbalodis wanted to focus on immersing the viewer in a fully animal perspective.

An abundance of great directors has distinguished Japanese cinema almost from its start. Yet many have not earned lasting fame in the West—among them Mikio Naruse, who died in 1969 at age 63. His vast ...